POWER ELECTRONIC DEVICE ASSEMBLY FOR PREVENTING PARASITIC SWITCHING-ON OF FEEDER CIRCUIT-BREAKER

• US 20160380625A1
• Filed: 06/29/2016
• Published: 12/29/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 06/29/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Hanon Systems (Hahn & Co. Auto Holdings Co. Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Hanon Systems (Hahn & Co. Auto Holdings Co. Ltd.)
• Inventors: Werker, Stephan, Newton, Stephen, Lenz, Mario
• Granted Patent: US 9,768,769 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H03K 17/165 by feedback from the output circuit to the control circuit
• CPC Class Codes: H03K 17/168 in composite switches

Abstract

Disclosed herein is a power electronic device assembly for preventing parasitic switching-on of a feeder circuit breaker. The assembly includes a logic circuit, a power switch with an input and a reference leg, and a driver circuit which drives the power switch. The driver circuit includes a drive unit and a short circuit having a safety function. When the input of the power switch is not operated, the power switch is short-circuited by the reference leg so that the potential of the input decreases below a switching-on threshold. An additional wire connection device is disposed between the driver circuit and the power switch and configured such that when no or excessively small amount of supply voltage is applied, the input of the power switch is short-circuited or is coupled to a safety potential at which discharge is secured, whereby discharge of parasitic charge current is secured.

Claims

1. A power electronic device assembly for preventing parasitic switching-on of a feeder circuit breaker, comprising:

a logic circuit;

a power switch including a control terminal as an input of the power switch and a reference leg;

a driver circuit disposed between the logic circuit and the power switch configured to drive the power switch, the driver circuit including a drive unit and a short circuit having a safety function, wherein when the input of the power switch is not in operation, the short circuit short-circuits the power switch using the reference leg of the power switch so a potential of the input decreases below a switching-on threshold value of the power switch; and

a wire connection device disposed between the driver circuit and the power switch, wherein the wire connection device is configured such that when a supply voltage for the driver circuit or the short circuit is not applied thereto or is lower than a predetermined value, the input of the power switch is short-circuited by the reference leg of the power switch or is coupled to a safety potential at which discharge is secured, whereby discharge of a parasitic charge current generated on the input of the power switch is secured.

2. The power electronic device assembly according to claim 1, wherein the power switch further comprises an insulated-gate electrode transistor (IGBT) having an insulated control terminal-electrode, or a metal-oxide-semiconductor-field-effect transistor (MOSFET).

3. The power electronic device assembly according to claim 1, wherein the wire connection device includes a self-conductive switch, wherein the switch is configured such that when the supply voltage sufficient for the driver is applied, the switch is switched off.

4. The power electronic device assembly according to claim 3, wherein the self-conductive switch further comprises a PNP-transistor or a P-channel-FET (field-effect transistor).

5. The power electronic device assembly according to claim 1, wherein the wire connection device includes a bootstrapping circuit and a diode.

6. The power electronic device assembly according to claim 1, wherein the driver circuit is a single-stage driver circuit or a multi-stage driver circuit.